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Blind kid gets his Make-A-Wish granted; may be an impermissible benefit
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:14 pm
NCAA (reddit link) quote:
Jake Olson has battled cancer all his life. As an infant it took one of his eyes. It came back when he was 10. Before he went blind his wish was to see USC play one last time. USC and Make-A-Wish made this happen. He was given a ride on the team plane, gear... all the kind of stuff that makes Make-A-Wish events happen special.
Now he's old enough to play and wants to walk on to the USC football team as a longsnapper. NCAA has spent months deliberating, trying to determine if the Make-A-Wish event counts as an impermissible benefit.
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Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:17 pm to hendersonshands
A new all-time low for the NCAA. Impressive
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:18 pm to hendersonshands
quote:
The NCAA has ruled that t-shirt cannons are just high-velocity violation machines.
frick the NCAA
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:19 pm to hendersonshands
oh wow.
what a bunch of scumbags.
what a bunch of scumbags.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:20 pm to hendersonshands
Such a lack of institutional control at USC.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:21 pm to hendersonshands
frick. The. NCAA.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:23 pm to hendersonshands
quote:It took me, and I'm sure pretty much everyone else that reads this article, 5 seconds to determine this should not be a impermissible benefit. Yet, the NCAA can't reach such an obvious conclusion after months of deliberation. It's like they're purposely dimwitted.
NCAA has spent months deliberating, trying to determine if the Make-A-Wish event counts as an impermissible benefit
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:26 pm to buckeye_vol
To give further information, the NCAA is deliberating on whether he should get a waiver to be on the football team as a walk-on because he's at USC on a "Swim With Mike" scholarship which is given to disabled athletes.
Which is still ridiculous.
Which is still ridiculous.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 10:27 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:34 pm to hendersonshands
Even FIFA thinks the NCAA is a corrupt organization that doesn't give a frick about the athletes that they govern.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:34 pm to hendersonshands
Christ almighty.
Frickin NCAA.
I assume this is the kid featured on ESPN before. Was he the one the lee corso tried to shake his hand?
Frickin NCAA.
I assume this is the kid featured on ESPN before. Was he the one the lee corso tried to shake his hand?
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 10:36 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:35 pm to hendersonshands
Even Jake Wilson can see how stupid the NCAA is being.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 10:47 pm to hendersonshands
quote:
To give further information, the NCAA is deliberating on whether he should get a waiver to be on the football team as a walk-on because he's at USC on a "Swim With Mike" scholarship which is given to disabled athletes.
That just might make it even worse. "Sorry kid, your disability is a clear financial advantage that creates a violation situation". Jesus, NCAA.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 11:04 pm to hendersonshands
Ever hear the one about the drunk coach and the blind long snapper?
Posted on 8/25/15 at 11:13 pm to Jwho77
Posted on 8/26/15 at 6:47 am to hendersonshands
USC needs the death penalty.
You let this slide and before long, high schoolers will be blinding themselves to get to ride on the team plane. Just can't have this stuff.
You let this slide and before long, high schoolers will be blinding themselves to get to ride on the team plane. Just can't have this stuff.
Posted on 8/26/15 at 6:54 am to Tigertown in ATL
I can kind of see the NCAA's point here. After all, there are hundreds of 10-year-olds out there who are world class athletes and have cancer. That's the real reason USC let him on the team plane--so he'd come play for them when he was 18.
(/sarcasm)
(/sarcasm)
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